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Director Chris Columbus talks about how Harry Potter prepared him for The Lightning Thief
Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter films and produced a third (and incidentally was greatly responsible for how well the film franchise took off) is now directing Percy Jackson’s “The Lightning Thief”, a story about real life and Greek mythology. He spoke with AMC TV on how directing HP actually prepared him for his current film:
We had the eyes of the world on us when we were doing the Harry Potter films. The prospect of casting the… More »
Tom Felton picks his favorite Harry Potter director
Tom Felton has picked who his favorite director is out of the four who have directed the Harry Potter films up to this point: David Yates. Here’s what he had to say:
“David Yates, who we’ve been working with for the last few years, he’s been by far my personal favorite,” Felton told MTV News. “I get on with him like a house on fire. I think he’s a genius at what he does…..Half-Blood Prince,’ I felt very …… More »
Chris Columbus and Alan Rickman on Snape – watch
Doncha just love when a new Harry Potter DVD comes out? We get all these great exclusive videos to watch!
Here’s a new one with Chris Columbus and Alan Rickman; they talk about the wonderfully awful Severus Snape, how intimidated Daniel Radcliffe was at first to be working with him (which actually worked out quite well, if you ask me). They also talk about how the role was originally cast, which was quite interesting. Watch:
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JK Rowling’s first impressions of the original casting of the Harry Potter trio
Interesting bit of historical trivia here. JK Rowling wrote a letter (read in the video) praising the casting of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint as the trio of Harry, Hermione, and Ron, saying that she was absolutely confident in Chris Columbus’s choice and that they were the best actors for the job (as we all know). Watch:
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Tom Felton talks about his Harry Potter audition in new interview
Ever wanted to know about Tom Felton’s audition for the Harry Potter movies?
In a new interview in an Indonesian magazine (translated by FeltBeats), Tom talks (among other things) about his first audition. Here’s what he had to say:
I remember going up to Leavesden Studios and meeting Chris Columbus with loads of other kids. He used to just talk to us and throw questions to see how we react. I remember in one of the early call backs we were… More »